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Back to the Mediterranean: June 2006
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Back to the Mediterranean. PS: Remember to read the postings from the bottom up to get the continuity. Friday, June 16, 2006. Back in the USA. Now that I am back home and almost free of jet-lag, I am in the process of uploading pictures to enhance this narrative. Please check back often for photographic and journal additions. Links to this post. Tuesday, June 06, 2006. Until them, I am in THE TERMINAL. See you all soon. Links to this post. Sunday, June 04, 2006. The Birthplace of Dr. Aphrodite, etc.
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Back to the Mediterranean: May 2006
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Back to the Mediterranean. PS: Remember to read the postings from the bottom up to get the continuity. Wednesday, May 31, 2006. Musings from the Levant. Remember to read these postings from the bottom to the top.). I didn't remember Beirut as being so hilly. The outlying hills and mountains are much closer to the city than I recall. In fact, the city climbs right up the sides of the mountains. The hill from our old school to uptown is steeper and longer than I remember. Gail, Lynn, and I at Nahr El Kalb.
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Back to the Mediterranean: January 2007
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Back to the Mediterranean. PS: Remember to read the postings from the bottom up to get the continuity. Monday, January 08, 2007. Welcome to this site. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Welcome to this site. My Amazon Non-Adventure :-). Zena's Page - Beirut Update. View my complete profile.
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Back to the Mediterranean: The Birthplace of Dr. Aphrodite, etc.
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Back to the Mediterranean. PS: Remember to read the postings from the bottom up to get the continuity. Sunday, June 04, 2006. The Birthplace of Dr. Aphrodite, etc. I have a question for my British friends. Is it written somewhere that "on holiday" British tourists must stay up and party until 2 or 3AM, making as much noise as possible? Through an arch of the Abbey. Bitter Lemons, Lawrence Durell's home in Bellapais. Then it was off to drive to the West towards Pendayia and Xeros in Morphou Bay. At that p...
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Back to the Mediterranean: Beautiful Beirut.
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Back to the Mediterranean. PS: Remember to read the postings from the bottom up to get the continuity. Wednesday, July 19, 2006. Please remember to read this blog in reverse order, and begin with the archives in May.). Finally, I must comment on the terrible destruction in the beautiful land I just returned from. I reiterate, this was weeks before the soldiers were taken. Here is a well-written comment from a writer I respect:. Robert Fisk's Elegy for Beirut. July 19, 2006. That was when a tidal wall hig...
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Back to the Mediterranean: Welcome to this site.
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Back to the Mediterranean. PS: Remember to read the postings from the bottom up to get the continuity. Monday, January 08, 2007. Welcome to this site. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to this site. My Amazon Non-Adventure :-). Zena's Page - Beirut Update. View my complete profile.
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Back to the Mediterranean: Back in the USA.
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Back to the Mediterranean. PS: Remember to read the postings from the bottom up to get the continuity. Friday, June 16, 2006. Back in the USA. Now that I am back home and almost free of jet-lag, I am in the process of uploading pictures to enhance this narrative. Please check back often for photographic and journal additions. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Back in the USA. The Birthplace of Dr. Aphrodite, etc. In the land of the Evıl Empıre. A Walking Tour of Uptown and a Celebration.
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Back to the Mediterranean: A Walking Tour of Uptown and a Celebration.
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Back to the Mediterranean. PS: Remember to read the postings from the bottom up to get the continuity. Saturday, June 03, 2006. A Walking Tour of Uptown and a Celebration. While Lynn, Gail, and I sat there in the courtyard reminiscing, the bell rang for recess and the students poured out of the academic building to congregate by the lockers. Instantly, we were transported back in time. Locker doors clanged. Students called back and forth. Chaos reigned. This could be our. Corniche, the Movie. The Cornich...
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Back to the Mediterranean: In the land of the Evıl Empıre.
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Back to the Mediterranean. PS: Remember to read the postings from the bottom up to get the continuity. Saturday, June 03, 2006. In the land of the Evıl Empıre. I have gone over to the dark sıde. The North sıde of Cyprus, that ıs. When I fınally arrıved here, I was met by the rental car man holdıng a placard wıth my name on ıt. Woo. Important, agaın! Just pay for ıt and submıt ıt to the ınsurance when I get back. OK. I sıgned the forms and we went out to the parkıng lot to transfer the vehıcle. What the h...
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Back to the Mediterranean: Downtown.
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Back to the Mediterranean. PS: Remember to read the postings from the bottom up to get the continuity. Friday, June 02, 2006. Anyway, because the cellphone shop is just behind the street where the bombing occurred, they suffered extensive damage to the store. The windows imploded and everything was destroyed. The cellphone guys ran over to the scene and took pictures (with their cellphones, of course! Behind the new mosque, a temporary memorial to Hariri has been errected. His body and that of his gu...
